7/18 - COTD - Suicune (DP3)

[Gokey Shuckle]

Suicune L.44 – Water – HP70
Basic Pokemon

Poke-Power: Aqua Recover
You can use this Power once during your turn, when you play this card from your hand onto your Bench. Choose up to 3 Water Energy cards from your discard pile, show them to your opponent, and put them in your hand.

[W][W][W] Cure Stream: 60 damage. On your opponent's next turn, any damage done by attacks by the Defending Pokemon is reduced by 20.

Weakness: Lightning (+20)
Resistance: none
Retreat: 1

Rate & Review.

Thanks to Water Pokemon Master from www.pokebeach.com for the scan.

 

[Frostweaver]

This got Blastoise DP3 written all over it... one uses water energy, and the other recovers water energy. They are both released in DP3 so that should be enough of a giveaway? Water Dip needs a mass amount of water energy in the hand in order to be abused. This thing basically makes half of your hand to be water energy. Reasonable HP for a basic, and only 1 retreat cost is nice. Cure Stream is really "eh" but not bad either... 3 energy for 60 normally can be a bit stronger, but the -20 damage can be nice. Considering how Water Dip will really make the 3 water energy cost almost the same as one water energy by the time of midgame, it's not as big of a concern as other attacks.

There are better choices instead of Suicune in other water decks though... or decks that use water energy. It's not as urgent to rack up 3 water energy in a turn, or not as easy/early to pick up 3 water energy fast without a theme that utilize lots of water energy, such as Blastoise DP3 related decks... Still decent without blastoise (dunno, maybe it can work with some EX things? lol, I only start reading this section since DP)

6.5/10 without Blastoise DP3
9/10 with Blastoise DP3